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Chennai: In an interesting, but inevitable turn of events, the Madras High Court today, suo motu, ordered interim stay on the release of director Shankar and actor Vikram’s film I and issued notices to the State police to investigate and bring to light ‘within seven working days’ any ‘claimant’ to being the ‘original author’ of the film’s story.

Chennai: This is not a profound column that would discuss the philosophy of life. It will not even talk about the latest nuclear deal with Japan. This bi-monthly column will turn the light on the little things in life that matter the most.

Chennai: It took a Vardah cyclone to show how much greenery there was in Chennai. It brought down trees by the hundreds in several localities, and there was no street that was free of fallen branches or trees.

Chennai: It took a Vardah cyclone to show how much greenery there was in Chennai. It brought down trees by the hundreds in several localities, and there was no street that was free of fallen branches or trees.

Vardah dragged Chennai and its neighbouring districts to their knees. Short of total demolition, the ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ did maximum damage. But, luckily, human casualties were contained due to the government’s continuous message to wait out the cyclone inside safe places.

It was totally surprising. People were actually waiting patiently in a queue - that is the operative word - for their turn at the ATM. Never mind it was a meandering queue nevertheless you could tell it was a queue.

If one were to describe the few days after V K Sasikala took charge as the general secretary of the AIADMK, one would liken it to a thriller. It was almost a given a week ago that we would get the third woman Chief Minister of the State all because a man who got three chances to... Read More >>